Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Holman Bible
If we say, “We have fellowship
A Conservative Version
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.
American Standard Version
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Amplified
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness [of sin], we lie and do not practice the truth;
An Understandable Version
If we claim to share a relationship with God and yet live in darkness [i.e., in a sinful way], we are lying and are not living a truthful life.
Anderson New Testament
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.
Bible in Basic English
If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:
Common New Testament
If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
if we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lye, and do not act sincerely:
Darby Translation
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and obey not the truth.
Godbey New Testament
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Goodspeed New Testament
If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.
John Wesley New Testament
If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth.
Julia Smith Translation
If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we are deceived, and do not the truth:
King James 2000
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Lexham Expanded Bible
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
Modern King James verseion
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and yet walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Moffatt New Testament
If we say, 'We have fellowship with him,' when we live and move in darkness, then we are lying, we are not practising the truth;
Montgomery New Testament
If we say, "We have partnership with Him," when we are passing our life in the darkness, we are lying and are not doing the truth.
NET Bible
If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.
New Heart English Bible
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not tell the truth.
Noyes New Testament
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;
Sawyer New Testament
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and observe not the truth;
The Emphasized Bible
If we say - We have, fellowship, with him! and, in darkness, are walking, we are dealing falsely, and not doing the truth;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and practise not the truth:
Twentieth Century New Testament
If we say that we have communion with him, and yet continue to live in the Darkness, we lie, and are not living the Truth.
Webster
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Weymouth New Testament
If, while we are living in darkness, we profess to have fellowship with Him, we speak falsely and are not adhering to the truth.
Williams New Testament
If we say "We have fellowship with Him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.
World English Bible
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.
Worrell New Testament
If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and are walking in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;
Worsley New Testament
If we say that we have communion with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practise the truth:
Youngs Literal Translation
if we may say -- 'we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;
Themes
Blindness » Those that walk in darkness
spiritual Blindness » Is consistent with communion with God
Confession » The reward for confessing sin
Darkness » Those that walk in darkness
Fellowship » Those that say they have fellowship with the lord, but are disobedient
Interlinear
Koinonia
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 John 1:6
Devotionals containing 1 John 1:6
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 1:6
Prayers for 1 John 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Is Light, So Walk In The Light
5 This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all! 6 If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth. 7 But if we keep living in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Names
Cross References
1 John 4:20
Whoever says, "I love God," but hates his brother is a liar. The one who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love the God whom he has not seen.
1 John 1:10
If we say that we have never sinned, we make him a liar and his word has no place in us.
John 3:19-21
And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.
John 12:35
Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.
1 John 2:4
The person who says, "I have come to know him," but does not continually keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth has no place in that person.
Revelation 3:17-18
You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Psalm 5:4-6
Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you.
Psalm 82:5
They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psalm 94:20
Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?
Proverbs 2:13
and from those who abandon the right path to travel along the ways of darkness;
Proverbs 4:18-19
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.
Matthew 7:22
Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?'
John 8:12
Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
John 8:44-45
You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 11:10
But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him."
John 12:46
I've come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me won't remain in the darkness.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Stop becoming unevenly yoked with unbelievers. What partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? What fellowship can light have with darkness?
1 Timothy 4:2
and the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron.
James 2:14
What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?
James 2:16
and one of you tells them, "Go in peace! Stay warm and eat heartily." If you do not provide for their bodily needs, what good does it do?
James 2:18
But someone may say, "You have faith, and I have actions." Show me your faith without any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.
1 John 1:3
What we have seen and heard we declare to you so that you, too, can have fellowship with us. Now this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus, the Messiah.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.
1 John 2:9-11
The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.